1957 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,262,800 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1956: 53,600 (2.43%)
* Males per 100 Females: 101.1

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor-General - Lieutenant-General The Lord Norrie GCMG GCVO CB DSO MC followed by The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD. [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

The 31st New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the National government under Sidney Holland and later Keith Holyoake. The general election saw the saw the Labour Party win by a narrow two-seat margin.

*Speaker of the House - Mathew Oram Lambert & Palenski: "The New Zealand Almanac", 1982. ISBN 0908570554]
*Prime Minister - Sidney Holland then Keith Holyoake then Walter Nash
*Deputy Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake then Clarence Skinner
*Minister of Finance - Jack Watts then Arnold Nordmeyer
*Minister of Foreign Affairs - Thomas MacDonald then Walter Nash

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Walter Nash (Labour) until 12 December, then Keith Holyoake (National). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Auckland - Thomas Ashby then Keith Buttle
*Mayor of Hamilton - Roderick Alastair MacDonald Braithwaite
*Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
*Mayor of Christchurch - Robert M. Macfarlane
*Mayor of Dunedin - Leonard Morton Wright

Events

* 20 January: Scott Base, New Zealand's main presence in Antarctica, is established by Sir Edmund Hillary. [ [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline&new_date=20/01 Today in History | NZHistory ] ]
* 24 May: the last Empire Day is commemorated. [ [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/empire-day/empire-days-end Empire Day's end | NZHistory ] ]
* September: Former Member of Parliament and New Zealand ambassador to the United States Leslie Munro is appointed President of the United Nations General Assembly for its twlefth session, lasting until September, 1958

Arts and literature

See 1957 in art, 1957 in literature,

Music

See: 1957 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: , 1957 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand,

Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand
*Archbishop of New Zealand
*Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

port

See: 1957 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games (See and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).
*Athletics:Edwin Rye wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:44:56 in Napier.
*Rugby: , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
*Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
*Gold: New Zealand Open , Check in overseas tourniments.
*Horse racing: See , list winners.
*Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
*Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships
*Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
*Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
*Other Sports

Births

* 3 January: Dave Dobbyn, singer, songwriter.
* 28 February: Ian Smith, cricketer.
* 2 March: Stuart Gillespie, cricketer.
* 19 April: Wayne Smith, rugby player and coach.
* April 30: Tony Rogers, middle-distance runner
* 30 May: Allison Roe, athlete.
* 7 June: Glenn Dods, soccer player.
* 24 June: Elizabeth Fuller, children's book illustrator.
* 26 June: Michael Laws,broadcaster, writer and politician
* 11 August: Ruth Dyson, politician.
* 31 August (in Kenya): Luke Hurley, singer - songwriter.
* 20 September: Michael Hurst, actor.
* 10 October: Rod Donald, environmentalist and politician.
* 13 December: Wayne Shelford, rugby player.

* Richard Adams, violinist.
* George Bertrand, who became Georgina Beyer, trans-gender politician.

Deaths

* 21 January: Maurice Brownlie, rugby union player.
* 18 February: Walter James Bolton, last person executed in New Zealand. [ [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline&new_date=18/02 nzhistory.net.nz] ]

* Thomas Brash, dairy industry leader and Presbytarian Church moderator.
* Catherine Stewart, politician.

References

ee also

*List of years in New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand history
*History of New Zealand
*Military history of New Zealand
*Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

"For world events and topics in 1957 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1957